St Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul roofing, hail repair & storm restoration — based right here on Transfer Road

Repair King is headquartered at 680 Transfer Rd in the Midway, and St. Paul is our biggest market: more than 400 projects and over 21,900 job photos in our system, from Victorians in Summit Hill to storefronts on University Avenue. We inspect roofs after hail and wind, document everything with dated photos, pull the city permit, and handle Heritage Preservation Commission paperwork when a property sits in one of St. Paul's historic districts.

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The Hail Clock · St Paul

Hail hit St Paul on Jun 19. Your one-year clock is running.

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Hail dates: local weather and meteorology reports near St Paul. Winter: local weather records for Minneapolis-St. Paul, 30 winters, July 1996 to June 2026: an average of 107 days a year never get above 40°F (range 76 to 136). General information, not legal advice. Your policy's "Suit Against Us" section sets your actual deadline, and some claims get two years (Minn. Stat. §65A.01) instead of one (§65A.26).

Mediterranean-style stucco home with a red clay tile roof on West Summit Avenue in St. Paul, photographed by Repair King during a tile roof repair, March 2025

Why St. Paul roofs are different

Why do older St. Paul homes need a different kind of roof inspection?

Because so much of St. Paul is old: 43.5% of the city's housing units were built in 1939 or earlier, according to census figures the city publishes. Many of those roofs sit on 1-inch wood boards instead of plywood, carry slate or clay tile, or hide several earlier re-roofs, and St. Paul's own reroofing rules spell out what has to happen when the old boards are exposed. A good inspection accounts for the deck, the flashing and any historic-district review before anyone prices a new roof.

The city's 2018 Housing Assessment found that 57% of St. Paul's single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes were built before 1930, with construction peaking in the 1920s, and that the oldest buildings form a ring around downtown and the Capitol. Small apartment buildings of 4 to 19 units have a median build year of 1922. On those blocks we plan for plank roof decks, brick chimneys, step flashing that has outlived two or three roofs, and attics that were never vented for modern shingles.

St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections is specific about board decks: when tear-off exposes roof boards with gaps wider than 5/8 inch, the gaps have to be filled with knot-free lumber (for gaps of 3 inches or more) or covered with 3/8-inch exterior plywood or 7/16-inch OSB. The building inspector also has to check flashing and underlayment after tear-off, before new roofing goes on. We photograph the deck at that stage so you can see exactly what was under the old shingles.

Then there are the showpiece roofs. Summit Avenue runs four and a half miles from near downtown to the Mississippi River, and its western stretch is a National Register district (listed 1993) and a city Heritage Preservation District (created 1990), full of Colonial, Tudor and other revival-style homes. Clay tile, slate and copper show up there and on churches across the city, and St. Paul issues separate permits for slate and tile repair. We document these roofs piece by piece and repair them rather than defaulting to replacement.

Commercial work

St. Paul buildings we've worked on

St. Paul is a city of churches, corner cafes and apartment blocks as much as single-family blocks, and our crews have been on all of it. Here's some of the commercial and multifamily work in our files, alongside condo associations and townhome communities we also inspect and re-roof.

Aerial view of the flat white and gray roof sections at Hope Community Academy on Payne Avenue in St. Paul, April 2026 — Hope Community Academy, 720 Payne Ave
On the East Side we tracked ceiling leaks at Hope Community Academy back to the school's low-slope roofs, cutting and measuring roof cores and checking seams and rooftop units, then flew the whole campus by drone in April 2026 to document every roof section.

Brick exterior of St. James AME Church on Central Avenue West in St. Paul, photographed during a Repair King inspection — St. James AME Church, 624 Central Ave W
St. James AME is one of the oldest Black congregations in St. Paul, organized in 1870 and rebuilt on Central Avenue after an earlier church burned in 1908. We've photographed and inspected this building's brick exterior and roofline as part of our commercial work in the neighborhood.

Welcome entrance of the Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, photographed by Repair King in November 2023 — Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps, Snelling Ave
We've been on the roofs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center on Snelling Avenue in winter, documenting heavy ice and snow loads on the low-slope roof and around the drains in March 2023, and back again that November.

Stone Gothic-style building of St. Sahag Armenian Church in St. Paul's Merriam Park neighborhood, photographed during a Repair King inspection — St. Sahag Armenian Church, 203 N Howell St
St. Sahag is the only Armenian church in Minnesota. The congregation bought the former Merriam Park Presbyterian Church, built in 1912, in 2000. We inspected the stone building's slate roof and documented the original tile and flashing.

Midway Café & Grill storefront on University Avenue West in St. Paul, a Repair King commercial roofing job — Midway Café & Grill / Quality Inn, 1964 University Ave W
364 photos in our files from this University Avenue corner, covering the low-slope roof over the restaurant and motel building.

Rooftop view down Selby Avenue from Louisiana Café in St. Paul during a Repair King roof inspection, April 2024 — Louisiana Café, 613 Selby Ave
A Selby Avenue restaurant roof, inspected and documented from the parapet down to the flashing where it meets the neighboring brick building.

Motel 6 building and sign on Old Hudson Road in St. Paul during a Repair King roof inspection — Motel 6, 1739 Old Hudson Rd
On the East Side near I-94, we've documented this motel's flat roof, parapet walls and rooftop units across repeat visits.

School & institutional roofs

School flat roofs: find the real leak, then fix the system

On a school roof, the ceiling stain is rarely right under the hole. Water runs along the deck and insulation before it drips. At HOPE Community Academy we traced the ceiling leaks back to the low-slope roofs and cut cores to see what was under the membrane before any Duro-Last work was planned.

Cores before quotesA roof core shows how many layers are on the building and whether the insulation is wet. That decides whether a new roof can go over the old one or has to come off.

Work around the school calendarSummer break is the window. A mechanically attached PVC roof goes on without hot-tar fumes drifting into occupied classrooms or offices.

Fire performancePVC membranes self-extinguish once the flame source is removed. Duro-Last is UL and FM approved, which facilities managers and their insurers routinely ask about.

A greener roofDuro-Last membrane is NSF/ANSI 347 Platinum certified and recyclable. Duro-Last has taken back old mechanically attached roofs through its Recycle Your Roof program and turned them into walkway pads and flooring.

Product facts from Duro-Last's published product data (duro-last.com). Repair King is an independent licensed Minnesota contractor (BC695228).

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St. Paul neighborhoods

Roofs we see across St. Paul's neighborhoods

St. Paul was built one streetcar suburb and river bluff at a time, and each neighborhood brings its own roofing quirks — from steep Victorian rooflines to Ford-plant-era bungalows to riverfront flats.

Summit Hill & the Historic Hill District

Summit Avenue's mansions date mostly from the 1880s through 1915, and much of the neighborhood sits inside the Historic Hill District, listed on the National Register in 1976. Slate, tile and complex roof lines are common, and exterior work here often needs Heritage Preservation Commission review before a permit is issued.

Macalester-Groveland

Annexed by St. Paul in 1887 as part of old Reserve Township, Mac-Groveland filled in with streetcar-era homes in the 1890s and another wave of construction in the 1920s, so we see two distinct roof ages block to block.

Highland Park

Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant opened in 1925 and pulled homebuilding across former farmland through the 1920s-40s. Highland's bungalows and Cape Cods are now on their second or third roof.

Como

Home to Como Park and Lake, developed from the 1870s onward. Mature tree canopy near the park means more debris and moss in valleys than in newer parts of the city.

Frogtown

Settled in the 1860s-70s by German immigrants who called the swampy area Froschburg; steep-roofed two-story frame houses from that era still line the side streets off University Avenue.

Payne-Phalen

The East Side neighborhood grew up around Payne Avenue, a commercial corridor since the 1930s, and formerly housed Hamm's Brewery and other industry. We see both storefront flat roofs and older worker housing.

Dayton's Bluff

Named for 1850s land speculator Lyman Dayton and set on limestone bluffs above the river, this became a locally designated historic district in 1992, which brings its own design review for exterior work.

Midway

Our own neighborhood — Transfer Road takes its name from the Minnesota Transfer Railway, organized in 1883, which built the rail yards that made the Midway St. Paul's industrial and warehouse district.

West Side

Across the river on the flats and bluff, a neighborhood shaped by Irish, Jewish and Mexican-American families for over a century, with roofs ranging from river-flat postwar housing to bluff-top older homes.

St Paul homes & buildings

What are St. Paul homes and buildings built like?

St. Paul is one of the oldest housing markets in Minnesota: 43.5% of its homes date from 1939 or earlier and about half of households rent. That means board roof decks, slate and clay tile on historic blocks, heavy tree cover and a large stock of small apartment and storefront buildings with flat roofs.

Local factor	What we see in St Paul	Why it matters for repairs
Housing age	43.5% of housing units built in 1939 or earlier; 57% of 1–3 unit homes built before 1930, peaking in the 1920s	Expect multiple old roof layers, worn chimney and wall flashing, and ventilation that has to be brought up to current code at re-roof
Roof decks	Pre-plywood homes decked with 1-inch wood boards, often with gaps	City rules require gaps over 5/8 inch to be filled or sheathed over, so decking needs to be in the estimate, not a surprise
Roof types	Asphalt shingles on most blocks; slate, clay tile and copper on Summit Avenue homes, churches and older commercial buildings	Tile and slate are repaired piece by piece, and St. Paul issues separate slate and tile repair permits
Historic districts	9 locally designated heritage districts and more than 75 individually designated properties	Exterior work that needs a building permit also needs Heritage Preservation Commission approval, which adds review time
Trees	Mature canopy; the city removed more than 10,000 infested ash trees in 2010–2017 and finished its structured ash removal in 2024, but ash on private lots remains	Dying ash and big limbs over roofs are a wind-storm risk, and newly exposed roofs get more sun and weather
Rentals, apartments & storefronts	About half of households rent; 4–19 unit buildings have a median build year of 1922; brick storefronts line University, Payne, Selby and West 7th	Flat roofs and parapets need their own inspection, and all commercial and multifamily flat re-roofs must include the city's Commercial Reroof checklist

Project files

St. Paul project files

Four St. Paul jobs from our CompanyCam records, commercial first. Every detail below comes from our crews' dated photos.

HOPE Community Academy

Property: PreK–12 public charter school at 720 Payne Ave on the East Side. It opened in 2000 and added a three-story addition that opened in fall 2021.
Work: Leak investigation on the school's low-slope roofs, followed by Duro-Last flat roofing work and a full-campus drone survey.
Found: Ceiling leaks traced to the low-slope roofs; roof cores cut and measured, openings at metal edge details measured on the roof, and seams and rooftop units checked.
When: April 2024 – April 2026

The Nook

Property: Burger bar on Hamline Avenue South, in business since 1938 and rebuilt after a 2010 fire.
Work: Flat roof inspection and photo documentation.
Found: Dozens of chalk-circled impact marks across the coated flat roof, plus the rooftop HVAC units, vents and parapet walls checked and photographed.
When: April 2024

Kessler & Maguire Funeral Home

Property: West 7th Street landmark built in 1926 with an Old English theme, described by the funeral home as the first building in St. Paul built specifically as a funeral home.
Work: Roof documentation of the multicolored clay tile roofs over the stone and half-timbered building.
Found: Tile field, hips and valleys, gutters and downspouts, and flashing at the stone gables and tall brick chimney photographed for the property file.
When: March 2025

Repair King crew member working on a red clay barrel-tile roof beside a white chimney on West Summit Avenue in St. Paul, March 2025

Clay tile home on West Summit Avenue

Property: Two-story Mediterranean-style stucco home with a red clay barrel-tile roof.
Work: Tile roof repair, with our crew working the ridge and field tiles by hand.
Found: Chipped and broken barrel tiles in the field and at the ridge, and earlier replacement tiles that don't match the original color.
When: March – April 2025

Hail & storm history

When storms last hit St Paul

St. Paul sits in one of the Twin Cities' more active hail corridors: local storm reports show 21 separate days with hail of 1 inch or larger near our St. Paul job sites since 2015. The largest was 2.25" hail on June 19, 2026. Before that came 1.5" hail on September 21, 2025, 1.75" hail on July 27, 2025, and 2" hail on August 11, 2023. Damaging wind gusts up to 66 mph were reported on July 27, 2025, and the most recent wind-damage report came on June 9, 2026, when a large tree was snapped at its base. Hail and wind that size can bruise shingles, crack slate and clay tile, dent gutters and metal coping, and damage flat commercial roofs, even when nothing looks wrong from the sidewalk.

Jun 19, 2026Last hail report near St Paul (2.25")

2.25"Largest hail reported near St Paul since 2015 (Jun 19, 2026)

21Days with 1"+ hail reported near St Paul since 2015

Date	Type	What was reported	What to check
Jun 19, 2026	Hail	2.25" hail reported	Shingles, roof vents, gutters, siding, window screens
Jun 9, 2026	Wind	Damaging wind reported (trees/limbs down)	Missing or creased shingles, ridge caps, flashing, siding
Sep 21, 2025	Hail	1.5" hail reported	Shingles, roof vents, gutters, siding, window screens
Jul 28, 2025	Wind	60 mph wind gust measured	Missing or creased shingles, ridge caps, flashing, siding
Jul 27, 2025	Wind	66 mph wind gust measured	Missing or creased shingles, ridge caps, flashing, siding
Jul 27, 2025	Hail	1.75" hail reported	Shingles, roof vents, gutters, siding, window screens
Jun 28, 2025	Wind	Damaging wind reported (trees/limbs down)	Missing or creased shingles, ridge caps, flashing, siding

Source: Local weather and meteorology reports within 3 miles of St Paul properties Repair King has worked on, through September 2026. Reports are from trained spotters and the public; hail can hit a street without a report.

What our inspection covers

Every shingle slope or flat roof section walked, with hail hits chalk-marked and photographed
Soft metals checked: vent caps, gutters, downspouts, coping, window wraps, AC fins
Siding, screens and rooftop units checked on residential and commercial buildings alike
Dated, GPS-tagged photo report you keep

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Our free Roof & Storm Report looks up hail and wind history for your exact address, not just the city.

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Job photos

Real St. Paul jobs, from our job camera

Aerial view over a commercial roof near Payne Avenue with the downtown St. Paul skyline in the background, April 2026

Two-story Victorian-era home near Sims Avenue on St. Paul's East Side, photographed during a roof project, June 2026

Blue two-story home on Isabel Street West photographed during a St. Paul inspection, June 2026

Green Queen Anne-style home on the East Side, photographed during a St. Paul roof project, August 2025

Brick window and wall detail at Capital City Condos on Dayton Avenue, April 2024

Rooftop view toward the Mississippi River from a Townhome Colony Association building near Sibley Memorial Highway, March 2024

Photos taken by Repair King crews at St Paul properties. Dates are the capture dates from our job camera.

Codes & permits

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in St. Paul?

Yes. St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections lists re-roofing and roof repair (shingle, flat, slate and tile) as work that needs a building permit, and the inspector has to check flashing and underlayment after tear-off, before the new roof goes on. Properties in a Heritage Preservation District or on a designated heritage site also need Heritage Preservation Commission approval first.

The City of St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) requires a building permit for reroofing; its permit guide says work valued over $500 in labor and materials needs one. Permits now go through PAULIE, the city's online permitting system. Repair King pulls the permit under our Minnesota contractor license (BC695228) and schedules the required inspection.

DSI's reroofing handout adds St. Paul-specific details: overlays are allowed only with prior approval from the building inspector; roof boards with gaps over 5/8 inch must be filled or sheathed over; materials must meet the 115-mph design wind speed rating; and chimneys wider than 30 inches need a cricket (saddle) on the high side.

Ice barrier (ice-and-water shield) is required from the lowest roof edges to at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line, per the Minnesota Residential Code section the city cites in its own reroofing guidance.

Commercial and multifamily flat roofs: since 2023, DSI requires a Commercial Reroof Requirements checklist with the permit application and plans for every commercial or multifamily flat roof project.

If a property sits in one of St. Paul's nine local Heritage Preservation Districts, such as the Historic Hill District, Summit Avenue West or Dayton's Bluff, or on an individual heritage site, exterior work that needs a building permit also needs Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) sign-off before DSI will issue the permit. We identify this early and build the extra review time into your schedule.

Local

Where in St. Paul does Repair King work?

Everywhere in the city. Repair King is based in St. Paul, at 680 Transfer Rd in the Midway, and St. Paul is our biggest market, with more than 400 projects on file from the East Side and Frogtown to Highland Park and Summit Avenue.

St. Paul is a city of distinct neighborhoods stitched together by the Mississippi River bluffs, and our St. Paul jobs are spread across nearly all of them: Summit Avenue tile roofs, Frogtown two-stories, Payne Avenue schools and storefronts, West 7th landmarks and Midway warehouses. Our own shop at 680 Transfer Rd sits in the Midway, the district built up around the Minnesota Transfer Railway yards, a few minutes from University Avenue, the State Capitol and I-94. After hail or wind, call or text and we'll get an inspection scheduled.

Inspect first

Storm damage in St Paul: what should you do first?

Start with an inspection, not a decision. A damaged shingle does not automatically mean a roof needs to be replaced. What matters is what the inspection actually finds on the roof, siding, gutters and windows.

1 · InspectWe check the roof, soft metals, gutters, siding and windows, and we check the storm history for your address.

2 · DocumentYou get a dated photo report of everything we observe, damage or not.

3 · DecideYou choose the next step: repair, replace, or keep an eye on it. We explain the repair options and give you a written estimate.

Repair King is a licensed Minnesota contractor (BC695228). We are not a public adjuster and do not negotiate insurance claims. Questions about your policy belong with your insurance company.

Owner resources

St. Paul property owner resources

Official links worth bookmarking, whether or not you ever hire us.

FAQ

St Paul roofing questions

Do I need a permit to replace my roof in St. Paul?

Yes. St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections requires a building permit for re-roofing and roof repair, including slate and tile work, and an inspection of flashing and underlayment after tear-off. Repair King pulls the permit through the city's PAULIE system and schedules the inspection.

My house is in a St. Paul historic district. Does that affect my roof?

It can. St. Paul has nine local Heritage Preservation Districts and more than 75 individually designated properties, and exterior work there that needs a building permit, including roofing, needs Heritage Preservation Commission approval before the permit is issued. We flag this during your inspection and account for the extra review time.

When did hail last hit St. Paul?

The most recent report was June 19, 2026, with 2.25-inch hail, the largest near our St. Paul job sites since 2015. Before that came 1.5-inch hail on September 21, 2025 and 1.75-inch hail on July 27, 2025, and local weather reports show 21 days with 1-inch-plus hail near our St. Paul jobs since 2015. Run a free Roof & Storm Report for the history at your exact address.

My St. Paul house is about 100 years old. Will the roof deck need work?

Plan for the possibility. Many older St. Paul homes have 1-inch wood board decks, and the city requires gaps wider than 5/8 inch to be filled with lumber or covered with 3/8-inch plywood or 7/16-inch OSB when the old roof comes off. We photograph the deck at tear-off and explain any added work before it's done.

Can you repair clay tile or slate roofs in St. Paul?

Yes. We've repaired clay barrel-tile roofs on West Summit Avenue and documented tile and slate on St. Paul churches and landmarks. St. Paul issues separate permits for slate and tile repair, and in historic districts the HPC may review material choices.

Should I worry about ash trees over my St. Paul roof?

Yes, if you have one. The city finished removing ash trees from its streets and boulevards in 2024, but ash on private property is still coming down, and a dying ash over a house is a wind-storm risk. We note overhanging trees and limb damage in every inspection report.

Does Repair King work on commercial and multifamily roofs in St. Paul?

Yes. Our St. Paul files include HOPE Community Academy, St. James AME Church, St. Sahag Armenian Church, The Nook, Kessler & Maguire Funeral Home, a motel, restaurants, apartment buildings and townhome and condo associations, as well as single-family homes.

What do I get from a Repair King inspection?

A dated photo report covering roof slopes or membrane, vents, flashing, gutters, siding and windows, so you have a clear record of your property's condition. We document what we find; coverage questions go to your insurer.

Why is the ceiling leak nowhere near the damage on the roof?

Water that gets through a flat roof travels along the deck, insulation and seams before it finds a way down, sometimes 20 feet or more. We trace it from the roof side and cut cores to confirm, instead of patching whatever is directly above the stain.

Is PVC roofing fire resistant?

PVC roof membranes self-extinguish once the flame source is removed, and systems like Duro-Last carry UL and FM approvals. That is one reason PVC is common on schools, churches and restaurants.

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St. Paul roofing, hail repair & storm restoration — based right here on Transfer Road

Hail hit St Paul on Jun 19. Your one-year clock is running.

Why do older St. Paul homes need a different kind of roof inspection?

St. Paul buildings we've worked on

Hope Community Academy, 720 Payne Ave

St. James AME Church, 624 Central Ave W

Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps, Snelling Ave

St. Sahag Armenian Church, 203 N Howell St

Midway Café & Grill / Quality Inn, 1964 University Ave W

Louisiana Café, 613 Selby Ave

Motel 6, 1739 Old Hudson Rd